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Brigadier Hugo Ironside

Ironside: he supervised the amalgamation of the 8th and 5th Royal Tanks

PoW escapee and Colditz veteran who diverted the inmates with theatre productions and then returned to being a professional soldier

Giorgio Borg Olivier, Prime Minister of Malta, left, and George Thomson, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, are seen before a luncheon at Marlborough House in London, Mar. 4, 1968.

Lord Thomson of Monifieth

Politician who became one of Britain’s first European commissioners and went on the chair the Independent Broadcasting Authority

Briggs: the sinking was a nightmare which recurred for the next 40 years

Lieutenant Edward Briggs

Gai Pearl Marshall

Bluebell Girl and femme fatale who took centre stage in fashion public relations

Lin Arroyo

Architect and high priest of ‘mambo Modernism’ in Cuba who designed Havana’s National Theatre, Sports Palace and Hilton Hotel

The Kingston Trio ? Reynolds, right, with Dave Guard and Bob Shane ? were the stars of 1950s US folk music

Nick Reynolds

Member of the Kingston Trio who had hits with several gentle folk songs before being eclipsed by the sexy radicalism of Bob Dylan

Houston: as well as his vivid coastal landscapes he also painted brilliant and often tempestuous flower pieces

John Houston

Distinguished Scottish painter who drew inspiration from the Fife coast for his highly coloured, near-Expressionistic landscapes

Vice Vukov

Croatian singer whose nationalist image caused the communist authorities to ban him, and who became a politician on independence

Horatiu Radulescu

Romanian composer who used unusual ensembles and tunings to summon the raw power of sound in wails, hums, groans and cries

Lives remembered. Add your personal recollections to recently published Times obituaries
Boris Yefimov

Boris Yefimov

Cartoonist who survived dangers of serving the Soviet regime whose enemies he lampooned from its birth to its demise

Miroslav Havel

Miroslav Havel

Czech postwar émigré and cut-glass designer who helped to revive Waterford Crystal and turn it into a leading exporter to the US

Peter Troy

Pioneering surfer and archetypal Australian freewheeling spirit who travelled the world in search of the perfect wave — and found it

Connie Haines

Singer who performed with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey bands and recorded a hit with Frank Sinatra, who became her rival

Steele-Bodger with veterinary students. He lectured widely and his energy and capacity for work were renowned

Alasdair Steele-Bodger

Veterinary surgeon of great energy who transformed the running of practices and was president of his calling’s two professional bodies

Denis Barthel

Denis Barthel

Boy soprano in the Temple Church choir who sang before George V at the Festival of Remembrance in 1931

Marjorie Thomas

Mezzo-soprano who became a star of the oratorio repertoire and a favourite of Sir Malcolm Sargent in works by Handel and Elgar

Lives in brief. Other recent obituaries which have been published in The Times
Roger Vanderfield

Roger Vanderfield

Rugby administrator instrumental in the foundation of the Rugby World Cup

Gianni Masciarelli

Gianni Masciarelli

Winemaker whose skill transformed substandard wines of Italy's Abbruzzi region into award winners and popular favourites

Grayson lamented what he regarded as the withering of the Corinthian ideal

Edward Grayson

Barrister who specialised in sport and the law, represented injured sportsmen and was the scourge of conference platforms

Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Lowry

Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Lowry

Soldier who won the MC for outwitting terrorists during the Malayan uprising

Wag Bennett

Bodybuilder who helped Arnold Schwarzenegger prepare for the Mr Universe title, the foundation for his subsequent fame

Marie Roberts

Last of the original Robert Brothers Circus family who danced with Josephine Baker before turning to the sawdust ring

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Oscar-winning movie star who transcended his glamorous Hollywood image to become an all-round creator in cinema

Tim Fortescue

Tim Fortescue

Outspoken Tory MP who spilled the beans on the work of the whips at Westminster and castigated Liverpool Ford workers

Nappy Brown

Popular rhythm and blues singer with a distinctive vocal stutter whose songs were often made into bigger hits by others

Kim Bailie

Aerospace engineer responsible for the structural design of Polaris and Trident strategic nuclear missiles launched from submarines

Jeyaretnam campaigned against the

Joshua B. Jeyaretnam

Singapore opposition leader who waged a lone campaign for political freedom against the ruling party

Morrison, who was born in the East End, revelled in his tycoon image of being

Bryan Morrison

Rock entrepreneur and music publisher who made a fortune from his association with Pink Floyd, the Bee Gees and Elton John

Doris Gibson

Free-spirited founder of a news magazine in Peru and thorn in the side of successive army dictatorships